Moab is the mecca for Rock Climbing, and from towers to sheer walls, we have a guided trip to suit you, your group, or your family. Learn basic knots and advanced techniques with our guides helping you each step of the way. Customized trips and rental shoes available.

The towers surrounding Moab offer the best rock climbing adventures around for all levels, beginner to expert. Whether you're new to rock climbing or a towers addict, Windgate Adventures can provide you with the perfect guided trip.

The Canyonlands region surrounding Moab offers an abundance of canyoneering adventures in the most magnificent and hidden locations. Join Windgate Adventures on beginner to advanced guided trips to discover for yourself secret slot canyons, beautiful arches, and rappels to take your breath away.

Rappelling off of the famous arches in the canyonlands around Moab is a unique and incredible feeling, and we can get you there. Windgate Adventures will customize a trip for your group or family, no matter if you're beginners or experts. Rappel off of Corona and other arches on guided tours to complete your Moab experience.

Rock Climbing Moab's Towers

Ages 8 and up

If you love mountain summit views, then you will enjoy our climbing trips to the multitude of Moab rock towers. Whether it's your first Moab climbing trip, first multi-pitch, or if you are a tower addict, we have a desert summit in store for you. Our trips range in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.11 and Moab offers a range of opportunities for beginner to expert climbers. Book a trip to climb to introductory multi-pitch summits like Looking Glass (5.6, 3 pitches), or full day, multi-pitch classics like that of Castleton (5.9, 3-4 pitches). You may even be up to check out the wild corkscrew summit of Ancient Art (4 pitches, 5.8 A0 or 5.10+). What's your favorite?

Desert towers were made famous when Castleton Tower was published in the 50 Classic Climbs (1979). This tower is one of the most scenic and iconic monoliths in the world. Standing atop a 1,000' talus cone, Castle Rock, as the locals refer it, rises 400' to its true summit 6,657' above sea level.

At Fisher Towers, an ancient sea bed layer has been worn away to make some of the most intricate formations in the Moab area. Ancient Art sits near the base of the large towers, which loft 900' above. Still, rising almost 350' from its base to the corkscrew shaped summit, Ancient Art is one of the most gravity defying summits in the area.

Looking Glass Dome is the perfect introductory multi-pitch rock climbing route. Low angle slab climbing, well featured, and with a jaw-dropping summit view. After ascending, be prepared to experience a wild desert rappel through the eye of an arch.

Positioned at the edge of Canyonlands National park, this tower sits just outside of the crack climbing mecca of Indian Creek. Beginner-friendly climbing makes this a great first multi-pitch desert summit. A 360-degree summit view gives you a sensational sense of space, which is what makes the desert southwest what it is.

Another stellar summit sitting above the Colorado river with a 180-degree view of Big Bend. This route ascends the backside of Lighthouse Tower, not seen from River Road. We with some great wide climbing, a stem box corner crux, and face climbing to a small summit the size of a desk.

This semi-detached tower sits just a few inches at the summit from the main Mesa which it was originally attached to. A ledgy start leads into a spectacular chimney full of amazing moves and wild positions. Make sure you stretch before you rope up.

One of Moab's best tower routes located on the incredible Castle ridge. Sister Superior is a few miles north of Castleton Tower, Rectory, Priest and Nuns. This four-pitch tower consists of chimney and thin hand crack climbing, topped off with a face climbing crux to the small headstone summit.

This climb follows an amazing splitter crack system on the south end of the Rectory. You will need a wide variety of crack skills to ascend this stunning route. Test yourself, and be rewarded with a massive summit view. (Side note...Metallica and Bon Jovi
have filmed music videos from the summit, taking the easy way of course.)